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PSD2 Rollout Update: A game of whack-a-mole or a strategic play?

Ekata team shares research and perspectives from acquirers, issuers, merchants Throughout 2020, Ekata conducted surveys across the payments ecosystem to investigate the readiness of players to meet the new requirements of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). PSD2 is a European regulation that was put into effect in September, 2019 and mandates Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), […]

5.6.2021

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Ekata’s Ting Van Osdol Honored for Excellence in Customer Service

We are proud to announce that our Senior Vice President of Global Account Services, Ting Van Osdol, has been honored in two award programs as a customer service leader to watch. She won Executive of the Year in the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award presented by Business Intelligence Group, and Customer Service Leader of […]

4.29.2021

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Ekata to be acquired by Mastercard to Strengthen Trust in Every Digital Interaction

April 19, 2021 – Ekata, Inc., the global leader in dynamic identity verification solutions for real-time risk decisioning, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Mastercard for US$850 million to advance global digital identity efforts. The global COVID crisis and its downstream effects triggered a five-year quantum leap forward in the transformation of the […]

4.19.2021

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Confidently Fastrack Merchant Risk Assessments with Ekata’s Merchant Onboarding API and SaaS Solutions

We are thrilled to launch two new solutions to better enable merchant onboarding: our Merchant Onboarding API and the Merchant Review web app. With the global pandemic accelerating the already-existing trend of people starting their own businesses (in the U.S. alone, we recorded 30 million small merchants and 40 million independent contractors in 2020), the […]

4.6.2021

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Optimizing Fraud Management in the Asia Pacific Digital First Economy

A discussion into the changing APAC digital landscape The Rise of the Digital Economy Here’s what we already know: the potential of the digital economy – the broad range of economic activities that use digitized information and technology to drive productivity growth – has been recognized for decades by numerous business leaders, innovators, researchers, and […]

4.4.2021

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2021 CNP Awards – VOTING NOW OPEN!

Ekata is thrilled to announce our nomination for the 2021 CNP Awards – a highly sought-after award that honors the companies, programs, and solutions that have distinguished themselves in the card-not-present space throughout the year. As our CEO Rob Eleveld states, “As the winners of both the Judge’s Choice award and the People’s Choice award […]

3.26.2021

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When Identity Verification Becomes a Double-Edged Sword

Original author is Kurt Weiss, Director of Enterprise Sales at Ekata The financial system’s reliance on antiquated identity verification is a double-edged sword, cutting into both new revenue streams from the underbanked while exposing financial institutions to increased attacks from synthetic identities. The underbanked, those without sufficient access to financial institutions, represent a key […]

3.17.2021

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How a Probabilistic Approach to Know Your Customer Increases Efficiency

Original author is Kurt Weiss, Director of Enterprise Sales at Ekata Working in the identity verification space, I am often asked by financial institutions for information regarding our “email-to-name” coverage. While I’ll take any opportunity to boast about how Ekata’s 20+ years of data sourcing has created one of the most intelligent identity graphs […]

3.4.2021

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PSD2 Q&A with Peter Bayley

In December of 2020, we spoke to Peter Bayley, former Global Head of Ecosystem Risk Oversight and Strategy for Visa and current senior associate at Allyiz (former STRATgranat) about his insights on PSD2. We want to share some of the Q&A here: Let’s start with an easy question: Is PSD2 a good thing? The […]

2.26.2021